Sequence changed its name to Before the Echo, due to a legal claim from a board game company that has a game called Sequence. Kinda crap.

What's more interesting, is that There Came an Echo is actual a sequel to the events in Sequence, albeit a completely different genre. I wasn't interested in the game before, but I am now, because I loved Sequence.

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This is actually a fairly common occurrence. Most of the time it happens while the content is still being created though. Not so much after it is released. Good game, I liked it. Name change matters not and am glad they took the better path of changing it anyways. Now it sort of fits into a theme, or maybe a sequence of events that was supposed to happen anyways.

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True. Only game I can think of that had that happen was Sierra's Heroes Quest, which became Quest for Glory for all sequels & re-releases to avoid conflict with Games Workshop's Hero Quest.
Although probably some of the games that have different name by region are also due to this

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I would never have guessed, they look totally different.

Is it me or There Came an Echo visually looks quite like Transistor ?

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I'll have you know that the board game Sequence is a lot of fun :P

That's crazy to know the two games are related though, I wouldn't have guessed that

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There Came an Echo is apparently best played using only voice command (it's main shtick). I want to play it but I already have trouble gtting people to understand me, I'm just dreading what the game will think of my commands XD.

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Cool, Sequence is good but it can get repetitive

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Oh wow! Thanks for letting us know! I wouldn't have noticed that.. :o I really loved Sequence (R.I.P. name)!

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My mind just got blown away

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Oh another lame board game forces a video game to change its name just like they did with Iron Brigade since it was originally called Trenched.

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Yeah, I told my friend this because I went to sequence forums to see if it had a sequel announced yet, and realized the sequel came out a month ago and was a different game with a different name. lol

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Saw the announcement with the apology about the confusion a while ago. Before the name change I had no idea it was a sequel, I thought it was just a new game of theirs. They replied to someone saying it's a direct narrative continuation of the events that take place in Sequence, so that made me even more interested (curious to see how the voice mechanics work out, too, obviously).

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I thought about this after they renamed it. Hm, now I have to take a closer look to "There comes an Echo" because the story of "Sequence" was interesting and ended with a stupid open end and a trillion of unanswered questions -_-

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No begging! SCNR ;-)

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can't wait for it to get bundled!

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There came an echo of what?

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It's kinda annoying that they had to change their name. In the credits of the game there's a video from the developers. They stated in that, that they wanted to keep it a secret that it was a sequel. And I can see why. It was a big surprise to me when I was playing it and it's better this way. But because of the name change this kinda reveals it. I guess it was logical for them to change the name to that though.

Also the game is amazing and really fun and also has a great story to do with sequence. Definitely recommend it!

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I didn't know it was supposed to be a secret... spoilers!

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Yep. But I guess they don't care about that anymore since they changed the name. It might actually help it sell more though if people know this!

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